Observation date: July 29, 2025
Date notes: Found on 7/27/25
Submitted by: Reneenicole
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found on tomato plant during morning watering. Had eaten majority of plant. Keeping in jar, and it ate approximately 10 tomato leaves last night, along with a good size cherry tomato. Today 7/29 it has almost gone through 2 cherry tomato’s and a couple leaves. Not moving around much. Mostly eating and pooping.
Status: Resident
Verified by: jmgesell
Verified date: July 31, 2025
Coordinator notes: The Carolina Sphinx, or "Tobacco Hornworm," also feeds on tomato plants. It can be distinguished from the Tomato Hornworm by the diagonal stripes along the sides of the caterpillar (Tomato has "V" or "chevron" -shaped stripes) and a pink horn (Tomato has a black horn). -Jeff Gesell
